Carpinus caroliniana

• BOTANICAL NAME: Carpinus caroliniana
• PRONUNCIATION: car-PINE-us car-o-lin-ee-A-na
• COMMON NAME: American Hornbeam
• FAMILY: Betulaceae
• NATIVITY: America
• GROWTH HABIT: 20 to 30'
• HARDINESS: Zone 3 - 9.
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• FOLIAGE: Alternate, simple, 2 1/2 to 5" long, 1 to 2"wide, ovate-oblong shape, acuminate apex, margin is sharp and double serrate, base rounded or heart shape. Yellow, orange, reddish purple in fall time. - stem color
• BUDS: Imbricate small 1/6 to 1/4" long 4-ranked scales, narrow ovate to oblong shape, pointed reddish brown-black buds. Scales are often downy on edges.
• BARK: Smooth, thick, dark gray.
• FLOWERS: Monoecious. Male 1 to 1 1/2" long, female 2 to 4" long.
• FRUIT: Small bibbed, irregular 3 lobed bract, 1"long, green to yellow-green to brown mature.
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